RIP

[Aemilius Paulus]

AP you once again made broad stereotypes about a specific group of people.

And who has not? How about this? Islam is a religion of hate and immorality? Eeek. But, hey, I bet mine was, like, sooo much more generalised, eh? I am often criticised for generalising. It is true. But others do not seem to do it less frequently. At least I admit it.

When I engage you in discussion do I refrain from labeling you as a Godless Liberal. No I usually restrain myself from doing so because I personally do not believe in labeling people. What you said about Vuk could be very hurtful, to label someone as a fundamentalist is very insulting and you should use the word when the situation truly calls for it.

And there are major differences between Christian sects which yourself as an intellectual should know. For all you know Vuk is a Catholic an Orthodox, or any number of Protestant branches.

But I am a Godless Liberal... What is wrong with that? And with labels? I am what I am. I have no God. I am a Liberal. So I am a Godless Liberal. I swear, I do not see the slightest bit of impoliteness in that. What seems bad to you is natural to me. I am proudly godless, and most fundamentalists are proudly so as well - otherwise, why would the believe in what they do?

How can one insult another by calling them what they are? Some use "religious fundamentalist" as an insult. But the word itself has no negative connotations, and when you call a religious fundamentalist a "religious fundamentalist", then what is the harm? Religious fundamentalism is defined as a strict adherence to a set of religious basic principles. I personally do not respect pro-gay, pro-evolution Christians as much as I respect the more conservative ones. Compromising one's own beliefs and flip-flopping is not welcome.

If anything, "religious fundamentalist" is actually less objectionable, as it is the most sanitised official term I can name. While "Godless Liberal", which suggests a lack of something, can further be dried in its consistency by changing "godless" to the more neutral "atheist".

Vuk is not Orthodox. I have seen his previous posts in other threads, especially that Watchtower one.

If someone called me a fundamentalist protestant I would be insulted.

That is most likely because you are not one. To you, that has negative connotations. To me, religion is all negative, as far as I am concerned. The less conservative a Christian is, the more I agree with them. But I at the same time do not view liberal Christians as "true" ones, as they ignore even more of what the Bible says. It is a paradox . But seriously, if you are a fundamentalist (you do not seem like one though) and indignant about being called one, then you have me laughing.